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I agree that 1 John is written to believers and just for the recorded there are no epistles written to non -believers. But when you look at 1 John in the context of the verse you quoted, it refers to those who do confess are walking in the light. Would you say that if the dead believer...

You assume that they were not children of God. I see Peter addressing Christians throughout the whole letter. Lets look at it one more time in detail: 2 Peter 2:20,21 - For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ...

DHK Wrote: If a believer can be seperated from God then how can he be saved while seperated? Is there a chance that once he is seperated from God that he will not return, if so then what does that do to his salvation? Nothing? If one is seperated from God, is this not falling? To...

Can true forgiveness happen apart from the other party repenting? What is forgiveness when it come to us forgiving someone that has done us wrong? Is there a difference between having a heart that wants to forgive and truly being able to forgive someone even if they do not repent? Is...

Why not then explain to us what you think these passages are saying in light of OSAS doctrine: 2 Peter 2:20,21 - For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are AGAIN ENTANGLED in them and OVERCOME, the latter end...

OLD REGULAR WROTE: OLD REGULAR WROTE: JSM17 Wrote: I would be interested to hear what your response is OR.

2 Peter 2:20,21 - For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are AGAIN ENTANGLED in them and OVERCOME, the latter end is WORSE for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known...

Yes There is no scripture that says we are born with a "SIN NATURE" As for the consequence of Adam's sin, death was past onto all men. We are sinners because we choose to transgress God's law. Eph 2:1-7 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly...

Can a man really be guilty for possessing the nature with which he is born? Can God show him mercy, and pardon his guilt if it is true that he has suffered the misfortune of being born into this world a sinner? What kind of grace would it be that would save a man from the misfortune of being...

If men are born with a sinful nature, who is to blame? Surely not the sinner, for he had no choice in being born with a sinful nature. The sinner is no more to blame for being born with his nature than he is for being born with blue eyes. But, who is the author of our nature? Who is our Creator...

Yes, the crown of life. Maybe you can tell me what was meant by the crown of life and then tell me why they would not be hurt by the second death if they overcome the trials. I do study the bible and I realize the bible speaks in other locations about crowns, I get it. But we are dealing with...

DHK WROTE: OLD REGULAR WROTE: So which is it do we choose God or does God choose us? OLD REGULAR WROTE: What is your proof of this statement. God saves those who obey Him, not those who He make obey Him. Its from the heart and if God changes the heart to make man obey Him then...

Rev 2:9-11 9 "I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you...

Eph 1:3-6 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having...

If the child dies while in this sinful nature, does the child go to hell?

Since some conclude that a child is born sinful and the only way we can be forgiven for our sins is through Christ's blood to those who believe, then how does a child born in sin have faith that would secure them to heaven? I hear a lot of advocates for sinful at birth who are afraid to admit...

DHK Wrote: Heb 3:12-4:1 Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. How can anyone fall away from that in which he is not of? 13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called...

Heb 3:12-4:1 Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called "Today," so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14...

Heb 2:17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. NASU How does Christ identify with a man being born in sin, if He himself was not...

When God made Adam and Eve did God make them with the propensity to sin? When the first offspring were born Cain and Abel, if they were both born with a sinful nature why is it the Abel chose to do well, yet Cain would be looked at as following his natural state of sinfullness which was...